>>Scott Knake wrote: >> The problem you're having is that when you download via apt-get source >> you're getting the source used to make the package. Debian packages all >> have custom version numbers since they apply distro patches to all their >> distributions. Try using the iptables source from netfilters home page >> and I bet this wont happen. >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I'm new to patch-o-matic. >>> >>>I downloaded the 2.4.28 kernel from ftp.kernel.org >>>I downloaded iptables 1.2.6a via apt-get source iptables >>>I downloaded path-o-matic-20041125.tar.bz2. >>> >>>I unpacked all those archives in /usr/src. >>>when running ./runme in patch-o-matic I get the following error: >>> Your iptables version is unknown for patch-o-matic at ./runme >> >> line 214 >> >>>What can I do about it? which version should I use? >>> >>>-- >>>Marc >Hi, > >I downloaded 1.2.6a of iptables from ftp.netfilter.org still the same >problem. Do you what iptables version I should use? > >-- >Marc I successfully install patch-o-matic on iptables 1.2.11 and linux kernel 2.4.27. if this still doesn't work post again and I'll do a step by step.